Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Quick and easy week night dinner
Equipment
- 1 large sauté pan
- 1 3 qt pan
- 1 zester
Ingredients
- 2 bags frozen medium shrimp, peeled tail on approximately 30 shrimp
- 1 package bucatini noodles any noodle will work
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 tsp lemon pepper
- 2 lemons
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 2 tsp small capers
- 1 tbsp parmesan cheese shredded or shaved
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil, add couple pinches of salt to the water
- Add the whole box of noodles to the water and continue at a rolling boil until noodles are al dente. Approximately 10 min.
- While the noodles are cooking, place frozen shrimp in a colander and run warm water over them. As they begin to soften, remove the tails.
- Melt the butter in a sauté pan over medium-low heat and add uncooked shrimp.
- sprinkle the lemon pepper over the cooking shrimp
- Add the zest of one lemon and the juice of 2 lemons
- Add 1 tsp chopped garlic to the saute pan
- Add 2 tsp of capers and continue to cook over medium-low heat
- Once the shrimp are fully pink and firm to the touch, remove from heat
- Place a serving of noodles on the plate, followed by 7-10 shrimp
- spoon the lemon butter sauce over the dish
- finish with parmesan cheese